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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “limiter” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
limiter9271085(None) 
limier83518721limi_er
limited102310231limited
limiters10249331limiters
limites92915451limites
delimiter1246242delimiter
dimeter10411892dimeter
lamister1037652lamister
lamster9109912lamster
lifter93814812li_fter
lighter113113442lighter
limber104316792lim_ber
limbier11349112limbier
limit73126342limit__
limitary1344932limitary
limiteds11184542limiteds
limits82514142limit_s
limmer104314792lim_mer
limner84112872lim_ner
limper104117852lim_per
linier64423792lini_er
linter64625342li_nter
lintier73613802lintier
lister64527252li_ster
liter54736342l__iter
litter64324852li_tter
livier97514592livi_er
loiter64619172l_oiter
miter75734792__miter
rimier83916272rimi_er
scimiter1236142scimiter
simitar936732simitar
slimier93212012slimi_er
smiter83616412_smiter
timider1037092timider
unmiter9310392unmiter
visiter1038862visiter
vomiter1237952vomiter

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671383.39031761.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.78247247.8
 
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